Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Negotiations over Chilean membership of the group were due to resume in the second half of 1991 . |
2 | They were lucky to survive in the 40th minute when Taylor headed against the crossbar , but Wycombe 's Steve Thompson saw a 49th-minute header was cleared off the line by Paul Raven . |
3 | A few months earlier , West Indies had encountered any number of problems in Australia and had lost the series 5–1 ; they had then beaten India 2–1 at home , the last match being won when no fewer than five Indians were unable to bat in the second innings . |
4 | However , if you were able to travel in the third dimension , you could cut straight across . |
5 | ‘ Is that one of the reasons why you were keen to invest in the first place , even one of the reasons why you decided to back the new housing development ? ’ |
6 | Opener Atherton was due to play in the first Test at Calcutta before being forced out on the morning of the match because of illness . |
7 | There was much to do in the next few days . |
8 | The thing had died , and for its death they could also find no reason … no more than they could find a reason for how it was able to live in the first place . |